Robodebt Class Action Settles for $1.2 Billion

Robodebt Class Action Settles for $1.2 Billion
A Medicare and Centrelink office sign is seen at Bondi Junction on March 21, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. Matt King/Getty Images
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About 400,000 Australians who had money taken from them unlawfully in the federal government’s robodebt scandal will share in a $1.2 billion court settlement.

While not admitting legal liability, the commonwealth has settled a class action the day a Federal Court trial over the saga had been due to start.